Visual assessment of regional wall motion (left ventricle) TYPE OF MOTION DEFINITION WALL MOTION SCORE Normal Normal thickening (typically 30% thickening from end diastole to…

…the S wave does not reach the baseline. The second R wave (denoted R') is virtually always larger than the first R wave. Leads V5…

…rhythms. Increased automaticity (in His Purkinje fibers), abnormal automaticity (in contractile myocardium), re entry (anywhere) or triggered activity (anywhere) may all cause ventricular arrhythmias. Indeed…

…attention. The ventricular rate is typically very high (100–250 beats per minute) and cardiac output is affected (i.e reduced) in virtually all cases…

…not exclude delirium, however, and an abnormal result is not specific to delirium. Symptoms are often worse in the evening and at night, but diurnal…

…glucose to the brain can cause: difficulty concentrating irritability or abnormal behaviour slurred speech visual disturbance confusion focal neurological signs drowsiness or unconsciousness seizures coma…

…ventricles. This increases the automaticity in cells with natural automaticity but it may also provoke abnormal automaticity in cells that normally do not exhibit automaticity…

…rate is usually set to 60 beats/min. The base rate is virtually always 50 beats/min, meaning that any heart rate below 50 beats…

…uncommon that sinus arrest leads to persistent asystole; latent pacemakers virtually always awake and salvage the rhythm. Adam Stokes attack Syncope due to sinus arrest…

…ST segment depressions. These are all common conditions in which an abnormal depolarization (QRS complex) causes abnormalities in the repolarization (ST T segment). For example…